Saints Names that future Popes could select (that haven't yet been used as regnal names)

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Not in the Catholic Church. The CC only recognizes 3 Archangels’ names - Gabriel, Michael and Raphael.
 
Moses 😃😃😃
Ezekiel, Isaiah or any other prophet.
Raymond - from Raymon Nonnatus
And greatest miss imho (and I’ve just read the entire list of popes on wiki and it’s not there, or I missed it) - Anthony/Antonius. - saints: St. Anthony the Great, St. Anthony of Padua.
 
Yeah, I’m betting that in about 10-20 years we will start seeing a large traditional Catholic population of Benedicts.

It would be nice to eventually have a Pope named Anthony or Patrick, now that St Francis is covered.
 
I’d like to see a newly elected Pope say something like, “I like my own name. It’s already a saint’s name, so I’m just going to keep it.”

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I’ve always rooted for another Pope Sixtus. He would have to have a sense of humor. Pope Sixtus V famously declared: “I shall be the last of my name. No one would be foolish enough to become Sixtus the Sixth.” In the Latin, it would be ‘Sixtus Sextus’.
 
steph03 said:
Will we ever have a Pope Jesus? A popular name amongst some hispanics…
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That would be a eccumenical nightmare. The protestants (and perhaps even the Orthodox) would accuse the Pope of trying to be God.
 
It hasn’t happened since 1555 with Pope Marcellus II, but it is a possibility. It may be more likely that it would be a religious who had already taken on a new name in the religious community and carried it on to his pontificate.
 
When I was a school boy (many years ago), word on the playground was that the world will end on the election of Pope Peter II. Seriously though, Peter is not chosen out of deference to the first pope.
I sometimes wonder if a man might take his own name when elected pope, e.g. could Thomas Jones become Pope Thomas. (No doubt everyone would call him Pope Tom?) Perhaps taking your own name might be considered pride.
 
Dedios said:
I sometimes wonder if a man might take his own name when elected pope, e.g. could Thomas Jones become Pope Thomas. (No doubt everyone would call him Pope Tom?) Perhaps taking your own name might be considered pride.
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Honestly, I think a lot will ride on what Prince Charles does when he become King of England (even though he’s not Catholic).

If Prince Charles keeps the name Charles (or if Prince William becomes King William), it will be an indication that the secular world is done with Regal names - which might inspire a future Pope to keep his given Christian name (assuming he has a Christian name).

So I’m sure future Popes will be looking closely at what then next two Kings of England do (even though they are not Catholic)

God Bless
 
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I would love to see a Pope Philip.

But considering that Philip means “lover of horses,” somehow I believe the chances of a future Pope honoring one of the St Philips is not very good.
 
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Dedios said:
When I was a school boy (many years ago), word on the playground was that the world will end on the election of Pope Peter II.
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Ancient tradition holds that St. Peter will return to guide the Church through the last days of the world. The “word on playground” that you have mentioned derived from the unapproved private revelation that names the last pope: “Petrus Romanus,” or Peter of Rome.

http://www.ewtn.com/v/experts/showmessage_print.asp?number=436842

Since Pope St. Pius X is alleged to have mentioned “the last days of the world,” I suggest taking the word on the playground seriously.
 
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Maybe. I don’t really see the popes taking their cue from the British monarchs, though.
 
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Dedios:
I sometimes wonder if a man might take his own name when elected pope, e.g. could Thomas Jones become Pope Thomas. (No doubt everyone would call him Pope Tom?) Perhaps taking your own name might be considered pride.
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Honestly, I think a lot will ride on what Prince Charles does when he become King of England (even though he’s not Catholic).

If Prince Charles keeps the name Charles (or if Prince William becomes King William), it will be an indication that the secular world is done with Regal names - which might inspire a future Pope to keep his given Christian name (assuming he has a Christian name).

So I’m sure future Popes will be looking closely at what then next two Kings of England do (even though they are not Catholic)

God Bless
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Why would they not already look to Queen Elizabeth, who kept her name?
 
phil19034 said:
If Prince Charles keeps the name Charles (or if Prince William becomes King William), it will be an indication that the secular world is done with Regal names - which might inspire a future Pope to keep his given Christian name (assuming he has a Christian name).
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The kings and queens of England have always kept their own names – usually their first name, less often their middle name. George VI, the father of the present queen, was baptized Albert Frederick Arthur George. I’m pretty sure that no king or queen of England has ever adopted a regnal name that was different from their baptismal names.
 
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